gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
OPENAI Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1050Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.38Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
gpt-oss-safeguard-20b is a safety reasoning model from OpenAI built upon gpt-oss-20b. This open-weight, 21B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model offers lower latency for safety tasks like content classification, LLM filtering, and trust & safety labeling.
Learn more about this model in OpenAI's gpt-oss-safeguard [user guide](https://cookbook.openai.com/articles/gpt-oss-safeguard-guide).
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.07 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.30 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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